Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled,[6] 4-wheel-drive (8x4), armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian LAV III and produced by General Dynamics Land Systems, in use by the United States Army.

BMP Upgrade The BMP Urban Survival Kit (BUSK), for the protection of battle tanks and AFV/ICV has been
developed by Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (VRDE)
Ahmednagar,

Basically a same role as slate armor but with light weight But looking at the pics i found that it is impossible to control the weight penalty unless they adopted something innovative like KTO Rosomak-M1M with QinetiQ RPGNet details i am posting after this post.

The Rosomak (Wolverine in Polish) is made by Bumar of Poland and is
currently used by the former Eastern Bloc nation for its Land Forces in
Afghanistan, Chad and Iraq, besides armies from Croatia, Finland,
Poland, Slovenia, South Africa and the UAE.
The main feature of the Rosomak is its modular design, which allows
the incorporation of different turrets, weapons, sensors and
communications systems on the same platform. The 8×8 AMV weighs between
18 and 26 tonnes depending on armour, weapons and ammunition on board.
The Rosomak is said to have very good mine protection and can withstand
TNT explosions of up to 10 kgs, besides ballistic protection against 30
mm armour piercing APFSDS rounds.

Basically license version of The Patria AMV (Armored Modular Vehicle) an 8x8 multi-role military vehicle produced by the Finnish defence industry company Patria.
But product Rosomak is well upgraded for present environment and is well received at Afghanistan front.

Infantry fighting vehicle variant modified for war in Afghanistan equipped with additional steel-composite armor, upgraded communications, wire cutters in front of driver and commander hatch, video cameras showing back and sides of vehicle on two LCD screens in troop compartment, Pilar system that detects the direction of fire. Because of additional armor this variant cannot float and has no water propellers. This variant was further upgraded to standard known as M1M. Most noticeable change is addition of QinetiQ RPGNet anit RPG net and new "sand" camouflage. Other changes include installation of Duke anti IED system and Blue Force Tracking BMS system (systems on loan from US Army). All older ("green") Rosomaks in M1 standard also received RPG Net.